Bracket for feed-gages.



L. W. REINHARDT. BRACKET FOR FEED GAGES. urmonmn FILED YES. 2a, 1909.

902,910. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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LOUIS W. vILEINHAItDT, OF WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES S.PIERCE, OI BROGKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACKET FOR FEED-GAGES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis W. REINHARDT, citizen of the United States,residing at l/Vhitman, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBrackets for Feed-Gages, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to machines for skiving leather of the typewhich have a rapidly rotating disk by means of which the leather isoperated upon. Such machines are well known. in this art and an exampleof them may be seen in the patent to Amazeen, No. 273,931, March 13,1883. In machines of this kind, it is now usual to guide the leather tothe cutting instrumentalities by means of a feed roll and a gage, saidgage being made in a variety of shapes. Different feed rolls arefrequently )rovided with working surfaces which are cveled at differentangles and to obtain satisfactory operation of the machine it has beenfound necessary to tilt the gage slightly to compensate for feed rollsof different angles. Heretoforo this has been accomplished by puttingshims of leather or the like between the gage and the bracket, but forobvious reasons this arrangement is unsatisfactory.

My invention has for its object to n'ovide means by which the ad'ustmentof t e position of the gage may e uickly and conveniently made for afeed r0 1 of different angles, means being also provided so that thegage may be securely fastened in lace when the roper adjustment has been0 tained.

Tlie invention will be fully understood from the following descriptiontaken in connection with the accom anying drawings, and the novelfeatures t'iereof are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims atthe close of this specification.

Referring now to the drawings,Fi ure 1 is a front elevation of a portionof a s iving machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in per'sective of the bracket with the su porting p ate 16 slightly tilted.

In the drawings, the feed roll is indicated at 11 and the gage at 12,the frame of the machine being numbered 13. To the frame 13 of themachine is secured the bracket 14 embodying my invention, the feed gage12 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 29, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 418,461.

being secured to the upper surface of the said bracket 14. The bracket14 consists of a vertical plate 15 to which is pivoted the supportingplate 16 for the feed gage 12. The vertical plate 15 of the bracket 14is provided with two pairs of lugs 17 and 18, and 19 and 20, While thehorizontal plate is provided with a downwardly extending portion 21which lies between the two pairs of lugs. The downwardly extendingportion 21 is pivoted at 22 to the pair of lugs 17 and 18 which isnearest the cutting instruinentalitics. At the corresponding point onthe other side of the bracket, the dmvnwardly extending portion 21 ofthe horizontal plate 16 is slotted to receive the screw 23 which isreceived in holes in the lugs 19 and 21].

It will be seen that the horizontal piece 16 may be tilted about thepivot 22 until the feed gage is located in proper position with relationto the feed roll 11 and that then it maybe secured firmly in place bytightening the screw 23 and causing the opposing surfaces of the twolugs 19 and 20 to bear upon the corresponding surfaces of the downwardlyextending portion 21 of the horizontal piece. It will be seen that thisconstruction affords means of tilting the feed gage so that it may beproperly positioned with relation to feed rolls of different angles andwhen once adjusted may be firmly secured in place so that it is notlikely to get out of adjustment.

I claim as my invention:

In combination with a feed gage, a bracket comprising a member forengagement with the frame of the machine and provided with two pairs oflugs thereon, a second member to support the feed gage and provided witha downwardly extending portion, a pivotal connection engaging one pairof the lugs on the first mentioned member and the downwardly extendingportion of the second mentioned member, and a screw passing through theother pair of lugs so that the said pair of lugs may be caused to engagesaid downwardly extending member and lock the said member in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS W. REINHARDT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE I. DIKE, ALIoE H. MORRISON.

